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Events
Events listed in white are at the bookshop; events listed in yellow are elsewhere.
Unless noted otherwise all events at the bookshop are free & open to the public. We recommend masks!
For events elsewhere, there may be vaccine or masking requirements. Please follow the links to check.
- Wednesday, April 3rd at 4:30pm (Book launch)
To celebrate the publication of the definitive
Letters of Emily Dickinson, its editor,
Cristanne Miller along with
Brooke Steinhauser, Senior Director of Programs at the Emily Dickinson Museum, will discuss the new edition at the
Friendly Room, Frost Library, Amherst College, Amherst.
For more information see
here.
- Thursday, April 4th at 6:00pm (Reading)
CANCELED due to weather During the first Pandemic year,
Clare McHugh enthralled us with a Zoom reading of her novel,
A Most English Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria’s Daughter. Now she's back, in person! & will read from her latest novel,
The Romanov Brides: A Novel of the Last Tsarina & Her Sisters.
- Friday, April 5th at 6:00pm (Reading)
Juniper Literary Festival 2024 On Friday, this year’s program starts in the afternoon & continues all evening. At 6:00pm
Hannah Brooks-Motl &
Bianca Stone will read in the
Commonwealth Honors College Events Hall, UMass, Amherst. For more information about the weekend, go to the
Juniper website.
- Saturday, April 6th at 6:00pm (Reading)
On Saturday, this year’s program starts in the afternoon & continues into the evening. At 6:00pm
Yvette Ndlovu,
Sarah Ali,
Eric Baus, &
Susan Straight will read in the
Herter Hall 231, UMass, Amherst. For more information about the weekend, go to the
Juniper website.
- Sunday, April 7th at 1:00pm - 4:00pm (Photography exhibition & discussion)
Peggy Gillespie & others will talk about her book,
Authentic Selves: Celebrating Trans & Nonbinary People & Their Families which forms the basis of a weeklong photo exhibit, at the
First Church Amherst, 165 Main Street, Amherst.